Coin-holder.



No. 682,740. Patented Sept. I7, |90I. G. B. PETERS.

COIN HOLDER.

(Application led Dec. 1, 1900.)

(No Model.) I

- Huur UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE B. PETERS, OF SMITHBRANOH, KENTUCKY.

COIN-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters.' Patent No. 682,740, datedSeptentiber1'?,l 1901. Application led December 1, 1900. Serial No.38,353. [No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE BPETERS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Smith branch, in the county of Breathitt and State ofKentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCoin-Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description 0f the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to coin-holders in general, and more particularlyto that class wherein the coins are fed successively down to thedischarge-chute, by which latter they are discharged into the hand ofthe operator, the object of the invention being to provide a simple andefficient construction wherein the chute is operated to discharge thecoins therefrom, the chute being of such form and arrangement that thecoins when discharged thereby will slide directly into the hand of theoperator. o

A further object of the invention is to provide a simple and usefularrangement of the coin-holding tubes, whereby the tubes, with theircontents, may be removed bodily from the remainder of the structure anddeposited in a safe.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will be evident from thefollowing description.

Inl the drawings, forming a portion of this specification, and in whichlike numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views,Figure l is a perspective view showing the complete apparatus with aportion of the base broken away to show the slidable' chutes at thelower ends of the coin-tubes. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of one of thecoin-tubes with the base and the chute thereof. Fig. 3 is a view similarto Fig. 2` and showing the chute of the tube moved into position toeject a coin from the tube. Fig. 4: is a top plan view of one of thecoin-discharging ports.

Fig. 5 is a cross-section showing the coin and discharge chute, and Fig.Gis a top plan view of one of the chutes.

Referring now to the drawings, the present holder comprises a casingincluding sides 5 and 6, a top 7, and a bottom 8, and this casing isadapted to receive a lining comprising two rectangular boxes 8 and9-without tops and this double frame is adapted to rest upon l a shelfat each side of the casing and spaced from the bottom thereof. Thecasing below the removable lining is divided into an upper compartmentl0 and a lower compartment, the upper compartment having a hinged doorll for closing it, while in the lower compartment is disposed the commonform of moneydrawer l2, this drawer being adapted to contain those coinsthat are not placed in the tubular holders,hereinafterdescribed.Openings or slots 13 in the floor of the upper compartment provide meansfor passing coins to the money-drawer without opening the latter. Thelining is divided into two sections, as shown, and each of the sectionsis provided with a vertical transparent coin-holding tube 15, whichismounted at its upper end in a perforation in the top`of the lining,which terminates short of the upper end of the casing, while the lowerend thereof is mounted or disposed in the countersink I6 of aperforation 17 in the lower end of the lining. Any number of tubes mayof course be employed, they being all alike, with the exception of size,to hold different denominations of coins. Y The perforations I7 in thebottom of the casing equal in diameter the internal diameters of theirrespective tubes, and through this perforation the coins pass from thetube to the discharge-chute now to be described.

Mountedl on the under side of the bottom l of the lining is aguide-plate comprising parallel side strips 20 and 2l, having aconnect-` ing-web 22, which lies directly below the perforation oropening 17, and in the under face of the lining and iush with the inneredges of the 4side strips there is formed a transverse slideway, theunder side of the web 22 being separated from the bottom of thisslideway to a sufficient extent to permit of sliding of a plate 23between the web and the bottom of the slideway. This plate 23, which isthe discharge-plate, has two annular openings therethrough at its endportions and of such diameter to register with the perforation 17alternately as the plate is reciprocated. It will be noted that when theplate 23 is in position IOO to register its rear opening 25 with theperforation 17 a coin may fall from the coin-tube and strike upon thetransverse web 22, where it will rest while lying in the perforation ofthe plate 23, and if the plate be then moved rearwardly to carry theperforation beyond the transverse web the coin will be moved from theweb and will be precipitated through the rear perforation in theslidable plate; but this rear movement of the plate brings its forwardperforation into alinement with the perforation 17, and a second coinfalls into this perforation and rests upon the web, and when the plateis returned to reregister its rear perforation with perforation 17 thesecond coin is carried forwardly over the web and precipitatedtherefrom. Thus for each movement of the plate a coin is discharged. Itis desirable that this plate be operated with one hand and also thatthat hand may catch the coin precipitated, and for this reason thereciprocatory plate forms the upper side of a chute 27, which isdirected downwardly and forwardly, and has sides 28, which are securedto the plate 23 to inclose both of its perforations 25 and 26, and indrawing the plat-e 23 forwardly or pushing it rearwardly this chut-e isgrasped with the thumb and second nger of the hand, the first lingerlying against the bottom of the chute, and this brings the palm of thehand into such position that the coins in rolling from the chute willfall into the palm.

As above mentioned, any number of tubes may be used, and on each tubeare marked graduations 30 to indicate the number and value of the coinscontained in the tube. At times in placing the coins in a tube they maybecome disarranged, so that they do not lie fiat, and to provide forproperly arranging them Without removing the tube has a line ofperforations 31 therein of sufficient size to permit of insertion of asmall instrument to manipulate the coins.

The object of forming the lining removable and foldable is to permit itto be taken from the casing when desired and folded to a small compassto be placed in a safe.

Both the door at the bottom of the casing and the door to thedischarge-compartment directly below the casing are provided with commonforms of alarm mechanisms.

Particular attention is called to the manner of connecting the sides ofthe chute with its top plate 23. It will be noted that this top plate isdisposed between the transverse web and the bottom of the lining, therebeing shoulders at the sides of the passage in which the plate 23reciprocates, and it is between these shoulders and the transverse webthat plate 23 is disposed. The sides of the chute are recessed at theirupper edges to receive the transverse web, and the unslotted portions ofthe sides are continued above the web and attached to the top plate 23.The sliding movement of the chute is limited by tongues 40, struck upfrom the plate 23 and the bottom of the chute and which strike againstthe transverse web.

What is claimed is- 1. A coin -holder comprising a coin-conrainer, aplate disposed transversely of and spaced from the container to permitof movement of a coin therebetween, and a chute having a top plateslidably mounted between the first-named plate and the container, saidtop plate having an opening therein to receive a coin from the containerto rest on the first-named plate, and said chute havinga degree ofslidable movement sufficient to carry the coin in the opening, beyondthe firstnamed plate to precipitate it to the chute.

2. A coin-holder comprising a containingtube, a plate disposedtransversely of and spaced from the lower end of the tube, and acombined chute and handle below said plate and having a top plateslidably disposed between the first-named plate and the tube, the topplate having openings therein adapted for alternate alinement with thetube to receive coins therefrom to rest on the transverse plate, thechute having a degree of movement su'icient to carry a coin in anopening thereof, beyond the transverse plate to precipitate into thechute.

3. A coin-holder comprising a casing, an upper compartment containing aremovable and foldable lining, coin-containers carried by the lining andhaving discharge mechanism therebelow, and a closure for the casingbelow the lining.

In testimony whereof 1 hereunto sign my name, in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses, on the 14th day ot' November, 1900.

GEORGE B. PETERS.

Witnesses:

M. W. HINER, T. P. COLE.

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